WELD 299 - Industry Certifications

Credits: 1
LAB hours per week: 2
Encourage students to develop awareness of their leadership potential and abilities through small group discussions and assumption of leadership roles and responsibilities. Students will acquire information, experience diverse points of view, construct knowledge, and practice a variety of interpersonal and social skills, such as communicating, goal-setting, decision-making, team-building, and managing stress. Students must complete at least two of the welding skill tests per AWS/WABO standards.
Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the last quarter of the AAS Welding degree.
Course Outcomes:

Analyze the characteristics of leadership.
Practice the role of a leader.
Analyze interpersonal behaviors and the resulting effects upon working relationships.
Analyze conflict resolution by identifying basic types of conflict.
Interpret and apply specifications and standards to work-like situations.

Course Topics:

Diverse points of view.
Interpersonal and social skills.
Communicating with others in the workplace.
Goal setting.
Decision making.
Team building.
Managing stress.
Complete at least two of the welding skills tests per AWS/WABO standards.